Bill Text: FL H1187 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Space Program

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 22-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages [H1187 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1187-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/HM 1187

1	House Memorial
2	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging
3	Congress to fully support the space program and recognize
4	the significance of research related to human space
5	flight.
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7	WHEREAS, the Space Shuttle Program is scheduled to end in
8	the near future, and
9	WHEREAS, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
10	is beginning the transition to new launch systems that enable
11	humans to explore beyond low earth orbit, and
12	WHEREAS, NASA and the White House Office of Science and
13	Technology Policy established the Review of U.S. Human Space
14	Flight Plans Committee to review the progress and status of the
15	national human space exploration mission and the programs and
16	systems being developed to enable human space exploration, and
17	WHEREAS, the committee found that human space exploration
18	can drive technology innovation, develop commercial industries
19	and national capabilities, demonstrate international leadership
20	and contribute to scientific knowledge, inspire the next
21	generation, and chart a path for human expansion into the solar
22	system, and
23	WHEREAS, the committee found that human exploration beyond
24	low earth orbit is not viable under the current federal budget
25	guidelines and that additional annual funding for human space
26	exploration is necessary in order to establish a meaningful
27	program, and
28	WHEREAS, the committee found that NASA's budget should
29	match its mission and goals, and that NASA should be given the
30	ability to shape its organization and infrastructure
31	accordingly, while maintaining facilities of national
32	importance, and
33	WHEREAS, the current budget will result in a significant
34	gap in United States human space flight capabilities, which may
35	result in the loss of critical national capabilities of
36	workforce experience and the aerospace industrial base, NOW,
37	THEREFORE,
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39	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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41	That the Congress of the United States is requested to:
42	(1) Increase the level of NASA's budget to a level
43	sufficient to enable the development of exploration systems and
44	vehicles, operate the International Space Station through 2020,
45	and reduce the gap in United States human space flight;
46	(2) Support the life sciences research necessary for long-
47	term human space flight beyond low earth orbit;
48	(3) Direct appropriate work and programs to utilize
49	Florida's unique workforce skills and aerospace facilities to
50	preserve and enhance national space launch capability; and
51	(4) Support the increased utilization and sustainable
52	development of federal and state spaceports as national
53	resources supporting commercial enterprises and research and
54	technology development.
55	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
56	dispatched to the President of the United States, to the
57	President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the
58	United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
59	the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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